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Fears of bio-terror possess Americans: Vice president sees Osama’s hand
NEW YORK, Oct 13: Americans woke up on Saturday to fears of a bio-terrorist campaign as a second person contracted anthrax, triggering panic-buying of antibiotics and a spate of false... 
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Damascus protests to Washington over threat
DAMASCUS, Oct 13: Syria summoned the US ambassador on Friday to deliver a strong protest against an implied threat made against Damascus by a senior State Department official, a diplomatic source...
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Bush, Cheney not to appear together
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Friday he and President Bush would avoid appearing together at large public gatherings to avoid becoming an enticing target for groups...
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Muslim travellers facing bias: OIC
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13: Tourism ministers from Muslim countries on Saturday appealed to the Western countries not to discriminate against Muslim travellers in the wake of last month’s attacks on the...
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FBI did not test package for 2 weeks, says paper
NEW YORK, Oct 13: The FBI failed to test the suspicious powder sent to an NBC employee in New York for two weeks and it was a private doctor who raised...
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Kiev admits its missile downed plane
KIEV, Oct 13: After a week of strenuous denials and equivocation, Ukraine admitted on Saturday that one of its missiles brought a Russian airliner crashing into the Black Sea on Oct...
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Israel agrees to ease year-long blockade on Palestinians
TEL AVIV, Oct 13: Israel said on Saturday it would ease a year-long blockade on Palestinian areas as Washington pressed both sides to end their conflict so it can bolster Muslim...
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Charles had dinner with Osama kin, says palace
LONDON, Oct 13: Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, had dinner with a relative of Osama bin Laden two weeks after terror strikes in America last month, St James’...
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State Dept briefing interrupted after scare
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: The discovery of a suspicious white powder in a State Department mail room caused a security alert on Friday, interrupting the department’s daily televised news briefing as anthrax...
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‘Extra hijacker’
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: The US vice president said on Friday a man in custody who was detained in August may have been preparing to be part of one of the teams...
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Disneyland, Sears Tower were on hit list
WASHINGTON, Oct 13: Those who plotted the Sept 11 attacks on New York and Washington also surveyed other sites as possible targets including two Disney theme parks and the largest US...
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War threatens to trigger arms race
UNITED NATIONS: The US “war” against global terrorism threatens to trigger a new arms race in the Middle East and Asia, say defence analysts....
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Massacre will invite harsh action: UN warning to Northern Alliance
GENEVA: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has warned the Northern Alliance, the opposition to the Taliban regime that controls 90 per cent of Afghanistan, that there...
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Bioterror road does not lead to Iraq
LOS ANGELES: The threat of a biological attack against the United States has become a major theme in the aftermath of Sept 11. The investigation of anthrax infections fuels this concern....
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US strikes igniting trouble in C. Asia
MOSCOW: As US forces bomb Afghanistan, experts warn a prolonged campaign could open a Pandora’s box of ethnic and religious troubles in volatile Central Asia....
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Early warning system may prevent conflict in Africa
BRUSSELS: African and EU foreign and development ministers have agreed to create an “early warning system” and other measures to prevent conflict in Africa. The move is one of the first...
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